12 [ 89 ]: 3 "Because," saith he, "He was made manifest in the last days of the consummation;
therefore the gate was made recent, that they which are to be saved may enter through it into the
kingdom of God.
12 [ 89 ]: 4 Didst thou see," saith he, "that the stones which came through the gate have gone to the
building of the tower, but those which came not through it were cast away again to their own
place?" "I saw, Sir," say I. "Thus," saith he, "no one shall enter into the kingdom of God, except
he receive the name of His Son.
12 [ 89 ]: 5 For if thou wishest to enter into any city, and that city is walled all round and has one
gate only, canst thou enter into that city except through the gate which it hath?" "Why, how, Sir,"
say I, "is it possible otherwise?" "If then thou canst not enter into the city except through the gate
itself, even so," saith he, "a man cannot enter into the kingdom of God except by the name of His
Son that is beloved by Him.
12 [ 89 ]: 6 Didst thou see," saith he, "the multitude that is building the tower?" "I saw it, Sir," say
I. "They," saith he, are all glorious angels. With these then the Lord is walled around. But the
gate is the Son of God; there is this one entrance only to the Lord. No one then shall enter in unto
Him otherwise than through His Son.
12 [ 89 ]: 7 Didst thou see," saith he, "the six men, and the glorious and mighty man in the midst of
them, him that walked about the tower and rejected the stones from the building?" "I saw him,
Sir," say I.
12 [ 89 ]: 8 "The glorious man," saith he, "is the Son of God, and those six are the glorious angels
who guard Him on the right hand and on the left. Of these glorious angels not one," saith he,
"shall enter in unto God without Him; whosoever shall not receive His name, shall not enter into
the kingdom of God."
13 [ 90 ]: 1 "But the tower," say I, "what is it?" "The tower," saith he, "why, this is the Church.
13 [ 90 ]: 2 "And these virgins, who are they?" "They," saith he, "are holy spirits; and no man can
otherwise be found in the kingdom of God, unless these shall clothe him with their garment; for
if thou receive only the name, but receive not the garment from them, thou profitest nothing. For
these virgins are powers of the Son of God. If [therefore] thou bear the Name, and bear not His
power, thou shalt bear His Name to none effect.
13 [ 90 ]: 3 And the stones," saith he, "which thou didst see cast away, these bare the Name, but
clothed not themselves with the raiment of the virgins." "Of what sort, Sir," say I, "is their
raiment?" "The names themselves," saith he, "are their raiment. Whosoever beareth the Name of
the Son of God, ought to bear the names of these also; for even the Son Himself beareth the
names of these virgins.
13 [ 90 ]: 4 As many stones," saith he, "as thou sawest enter into the building of the tower, being
given in by their hands and waiting for the building, they have been clothed in the power of these
virgins.
13 [ 90 ]: 5 For this cause thou seest the tower made a single stone with the rock. So also they that
have believed in the Lord through His Son and clothe themselves in these spirits, shall become
one spirit and one body, and their garments all of one color. But such persons as bear the names
of the virgins have their dwelling in the tower."
13 [ 90 ]: 6 "The stones then, Sir," say I, "which are cast aside, wherefore were they cast aside? For
they passed through the gate and were placed in the building of the tower by the hands of the
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